Word: aid
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...that enjoyed by the young men of the University. When this measure was carried into effect it was supposed that a woman would be entitled to the same privileges as the other members of the University. This has been the case in every instance but one-that of pecuniary aid. Now recently, a movement has been started by the New York Local Committee attempting to raise a scholarship to help women through Harvard. Although the income of the amount proposed will be small, it will prove of incalculable benefit, helping deserving students, raising the standard of study in private schools...
...money was left by a millionaire for the purpose of founding a university at Worcester, in spite of the fact that both Harvard and Yale, two of the few American colleges which can lay a just claim to the title of "university," are grievously in need of financial aid. And now comes the report from a New York paper that "H. J. Furber, Jr., a rich young millionaire of Chicago, is preparing to found a large university in that city, and will devote $1,000,000 to the purpose...
...taken a regular course of training. The most noticeable increase in the measurements have been in height, girth of in flatted chest and girth of head. A very notable example of the effect of light exercise is in the case of a man, who, during the year, without the aid of any regular course training has developed more than any one in his class. His gains have been: In height, 1 1-2 in.; chest, 2 in.; calf, 1 in.; 'biceps, 1 1-2 in.; forearm, 34 in.; breadth of shoulders, 1 1-4 in; and in the capacity...
...Joshua Reynolds and Boswell, was exhaustive and critical, while his delightful style rendered it a source of enjoyment to the whole audience. It is hoped that he may be induced to lecture here more frequently on subjects connected with the study of English literature, and thus lend a powerful aid to a branch of study in which our curriculum is sadly deficient...
...reported that at the fair in aid of the new Homeopathic College, in New York, next spring, an eight-oared shell is to be voted to the favorite college.- Columbia Letter in University...